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ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND
Authors instructions
Submission guidelines
All submissions must be made via ScholarOne.
Correspondence and letters to the editor can be submitted directly through the journals website. You can respond directly to an article by clicking on the "Email the Editor about this article" link on the right of an article page, or if you wish to write a general letter to the editor of any of our journals you will find an "Email the editor about this journal" link on the journal homepages. This is the only route for submitting correspondence. Do not submit letters via ScholarOne.
Manuscript files should be DOC, DOCX, RTF or TXT files. Please use 75px margins on A4 paper (210 x 297mm).
If your manuscript includes graphs or tables please also supply the raw data.
The first version of your submission will be sent for review. If you send in other parts at a later date, they will not be considered as part of your paper.
Do not submit your paper more than once. If you are asked to make revisions, please upload your revised manuscript to you existing submission record.
Submission preparation checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to comply with all of the following items and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it with another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided to the editor).
All authors listed on the paper have reviewed and approved the manuscript in its current form and are aware that it has been submitted to the Annals/Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
A consent form must be signed by the patient or their guardian/relative for any images of the patient used in the manuscript, whether or not the patient is identifiable. The consent form must be produced upon request by The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
If your submission contains any previously published material, statements of permission from the original authors/publishers must be included with your submission.
Any conflict of interest and/or financial support received must be declared upon submission.
The manuscript is a DOC, DOCX, RTF or TXT file. The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; and employs italics rather than underlining (except with URL addresses).
Illustrations, photographs and figures should be available as separate files (not embedded in the document) with appropriate legends at the end of the manuscript.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The cover page should be an integral part of your manuscript. It should contain the title of your article and complete details of all authors, including accurate contact information and email addresses.
Peer review, publication and copyright
Most submissions are reviewed by two or more referees. For all articles, reviewers pay particular attention to clarity and brevity. (The reviewers’ form can be downloaded from our website.) The corresponding author will then receive an email from the editor informing them that their manuscript is accepted, rejected or needs revision. Once accepted, manuscripts are published in chronological order of acceptance, and the corresponding author will receive page proofs when publication is imminent. However, authors are not sent proofs of articles for the technical or correspondence sections.
The Royal College of Surgeons of England will retain copyright of all published material and reserves the right to re-use any such material in any print and/or electronic format.
Visual abstracts
Both the Annals and Bulletin welcome the submission of visual abstracts. A visual abstract will be published alongside the text abstract of your paper and will be used to promote the paper on social media and in RCS England member communications.
A visual abstract should be a single concise visual summary that conveys the key findings of your paper.
Visual abstracts should be a minimum of 400px (height) by 1,200px (width), and supplied in jpeg or png format. Please designate visual abstracts as 'multimedia' in ScholarOne when you submit.
Several online apps exist to help you create a visual abstract, including Mindthegraph. If you would like help or advice creating a visual abstract for your paper, please email annals@rcseng.ac.uk.
Submitting videos
The Annals welcomes the submission of videos as supplements to all article types.
Videos cannot be uploaded directly to ScholarOne. Please use a video hosting service and include a link in the body of your main text document, with a video title and description in the same was as you would with a normal figure.
There are numerous free online file hosting services: filedropper and other similar sites allow you to temporarily host files online with no sign-up, while services such as dropbox allow you to create an account and host files online in perpetuity.
Technical Papers are ideally suited to short videos demonstrating the techniques being described and we are keen to publish more Technical Papers with video. For more details on submitting technical videos see the Technical section guidelines below.
Section policies
Research articles
Case reports
Technical section
Review articles
Correspondence
Hunterian/Arris and Gale lectures
Published abstracts
Submitting to the Bulletin
The Trainees' Forum
Research articles
Both the Annals and the Bulletin publish original research articles. Clinical research should be submitted to the Annals, while non-clinical research (about training and education, health service management, medical politics etc) should be submitted to the Bulletin. You will be prompted to indicate which journal you are submitting to at the first stage of the submission process. Both journals have the same requirements for research articles:
1. Title page
Include the full title of the article and the names of all authors, together with their main appointment, department, and hospital/university address at the time.
Reliable, permanent email addresses are required for all authors.
2. Abstract
This should be concise (no more than 250 words) and complete in itself and with the following subheadings: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion (if appropriate).
Randomised controlled trials should be identified as such in both the title and abstract.
At the end give three to six key words, using medical subject headings from MeSH.
3. Main text
The main text should be no more than 3,000 words long. Ideally you should aim for 2,000 words or fewer; you may be asked to reduce the length of your paper if the Editor feels it could me more concise.
This should be divided into Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion, with additional subheadings where appropriate.
Include a word count, exclusive of abstract, reference lists, tables and legends.
The ideal position of each table and figure must be indicated in the main text, eg (see table 2). These should be numbered consecutively according to their order of appearance in the text.
Use SI units and their recognised abbreviations (eg 10kg) for biochemical and biometric data, with the exception of blood pressure in mmHg and haemoglobin in g/dl.
Avoid abbreviations. If they are needed they should be defined on their first appearance by using the word(s) for which they stand followed by the abbreviation in brackets.
Use generic names for drugs unless a proprietary product is a key part of the study. Include the names and the source of any new or experimental preparation or instrument.
Ensure accurate and unambiguous wording throughout. Avoid inappropriate generalisations and 'sloppy' usage, such as employing ‘pathology’ as a synonym for a disease or condition. Always use specific medical terms to ensure your meaning is clear.
Acknowledgements should include all funding bodies. Individuals should not be acknowledged without their consent
4. References
Your paper should contain no more than 30 references.
These should be given in Vancouver style and numbered consecutively in the order of their appearance in the text.
Use the abbreviated journal titles as given in the MEDLINE journals database.
Personal communications or unpublished material referred to in the text should not be included in the reference list.
5. Tables
These should be designed to present large amounts of numerical data clearly and concisely.
They should not duplicate the text and should be given after the reference list.
Tables within MS Word or Excel documents are acceptable but please ensure that the table is presented exactly as you would like it to appear in the journal.
If the material can be presented clearly in written form, a table may not be necessary. Manuscripts that use tables excessively may be returned for revision.
6. Figures
Captions to all figures should be listed at the end of the manuscript with their appropriate number.
Do not embed images in the text - they should all be sent separately but ensure that your legend indicates exactly where they should go.
Where figures are based on data, eg pie charts, please provide the raw data along with your figures.
Figures will be printed in greyscale unless the author is willing to pay for the increased costs of colour printing. Full colour is used for online publication.
7. Photographs
The quality of printed images is dependent on that of those provided. If pictures are taken with a digital camera, or hard copies are scanned in, please set the parameters on your camera/scanner to ensure the highest quality possible and save the image as a TIF file.
Images must have a minimum resolution of 300 pixels per inch at their finished size.
Low-resolution images may be unusable and could hinder or delay publication of your article.
Always submit multipart figures in separate files and make sure your legend explains all parts of the figure.
In photo-micrographs add a scale indicating the magnification, together with the staining techniques used.
Photographs will be printed in greyscale unless the author is willing to pay for the increased costs of colour printing. Full colour is used for online publication.
8. Line art
These should be prepared by computer graphics software and submitted on disk as EPS, SVG, TIF or PDF files. The IT department in your hospital should be able to help you create and format all kinds of computer-generated images.
Please note that the resolution requirements for line art illustrations are the same as for photographs (see above).
Case reports
These should be 750–1,000 words in length. Reviewers will expect ‘rarity’ combined with clarity, precise documentation and informed discussion, with a clearly defined clinical message. There should be a maximum of five references. There should also be a brief abstract, which does not need to be structured.
All case reports that are accepted are published online (fully citable with DOIs).
Colour images enhance a case report. If they add to the message, they are encouraged. There is no limit on the number of images that may be included.
Technical section
The Technical Section publishes descriptions of techniques of any kind which are novel and/or useful in surgical practice. They must be submitted as descriptions of the technique: case reports will not be accepted. Submissions will be considered of techniques which are not original, but which are not well known and which may be useful to publicise: that should be made clear in the text.
Technical tips
These should be 100 words or fewer with an initial sentence about the background followed by a description of the technique (no headings) and a maximum of two references.
Technical notes
These should be no more than 250 words in length and should be presented as with subheadings Background, Technique and Discussion; with a maximum of five references. Any figures should be relevant and very clear, with descriptive legends. Short accompanying videos are particularly welcome (see more detail below).
Special points to note
Number of authors. All authors must have made a real contribution and all must have checked the submission carefully. A simple technical idea usually has one originator (or perhaps two, as a product of discussion) and it is then common to supervise a trainee in writing it up. Consequently, a tip or note might reasonably have two or three authors. The editor may seek an explanation for four or more names appearing on an article and it is recommended that such articles should include details of each author's contribution on the cover sheet.
Commercial devices. Any commercial device must be followed by the manufacturer’s name and a brief address, in brackets after its first citation in the text. If a submission is focussed on the use of a particular commercial device then a statement must be included about whether or not any of the authors have a conflict of interest.
Pictures and videos
Figures (photos or drawings) should be of high quality and limited in number.
The Annals strongly encourages videos to accompany Tips and Notes about techniques which are well illustrated by a movie. Each video should be no more than 1 minute in duration, and should include captions or commentary if necessary. Production values do not need to be high – modern smartphone cameras can create excellent video – and the Annals office can assist with production (editing, adding captions, etc) if required.
Videos cannot be submitted in isolation: they should be accompanied by explanatory text which conforms to the normal guidelines for either a Technical Tip or a Technical Note.
Review articles
These should be no more than 2,000 words in length with no more than 50 references. Tables and figures may help summarise complex information.
The Annals publishes reviews that meet the following criteria:
The review deals with a clinically relevant subject within the practice of any surgical specialty.
The review contains a brief introduction, a methods section that describes the search strategy and terms, the databases that have been searched, and how the reviewed papers were selected.
The review is accompanied by a structured abstract, containing ‘Introduction’, ‘Methods’, and ‘Findings’.
Clear conclusions are reached.
Correspondence
Letters to the Editor on any topic or regarding a specific article in either the Annals or Bulletin can be sent through this website - look for the 'email the Editor' link at the right hand side of the page.
If your letter is not responding to a specific article, please just email annals@rcseng.ac.uk for the Annals or bulletin@rcseng.ac.uk for the Bulletin .
Hunterian/Arris and Gale lectures
The manuscript should be no longer than 3,000 words, with a maximum of 6 figures and 30 references. It should be written in a style for written publication rather than for verbal presentation, ie it should not be a transcript of the lecture or part of the lecture. The manuscript will be subject to peer review. If accepted it will be given priority to ensure early publication.
Submitting to the Bulletin
In addition to publishing non-clinical peer-reviewed research articles, the Bulletin publishes commissioned content – opinion pieces, commentary and feature articles.
We are keen to recruit new writers for the Bulletin, especially trainees and early career stage surgeons. If you would like to write an article for the Bulletin, please submit a short proposal to bulletin@rcseng.ac.uk.
Topics of interest
In the coming months we will be addressing the following topics, among others:
Workforce planning, especially in the light of Brexit
The new junior doctors' contract, and how it is working out for surgical trainees
Mental health among surgeons
The extended surgical team
